Phoenix, a city choked with smog and freeway traffic, has become basketball’s Garden of Eden,

only with more clothes on than the dance team. Barely, according to Ryan Finley of the Arizona Daily Star. And the hometown team has become the Great Purple Hope in a city thirsting for a champion.

Just calling Leandro Barbosa fast is selling him short, according to David DuPree of USA TODAY. He is arguably the fastest player in the league from baseline to baseline, and the Phoenix Suns guard makes the most of his speed.